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Old January 16th 04, 01:59 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Fastest tube trains?


"David B" wrote in message
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The best way to measure the speed is get a good GPS receiver - although

its
use is obviously limited to surface sections. AFAIK the Picadilly line

1973
stock has a top speed of 45 mph.


The Piccadilly Line has a line speed (the maximum speed allowed on the line)
of 45mph, the '73 tube stock is capable of exceeding this by quite a bit.
I've had a non-refurb totally off the clock (it went up to just over 60mph).
Of course this dosn't take account for any inaccuracy on the speedo, and as
the re-furbs are about 2 tons heavier they're probably a bit slower.
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